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Also known as board of aldermen, municipal assembly, communal council, city councils

thumb|267x267px|Meeting of the Isselburg City Council, [[North Rhine-Westphalia, 2011]] In the Germanosphere, a Stadtrat (city council) is a collegial body appointed to represent or administer a city, or a member of such a body. Similar terms are used in Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden, and other democratic countries. In some German states, Stadtrat also refers to a department head within a city administration.